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Five killed in Malta plane crash

A small passenger aircraft crashed on takeoff at Malta's international airport on Monday, killing all five people onboard, officials said. In a statement, the airport said the aircraft, a Fairchild Metroliner turboprop, was involved in an accident "upon takeoff." "We can confirm that the...

Kurdish forces thwart ISIS attack near Sinjar

Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Monday repelled a Daesh attack near Sinjar town in northern Iraq, according to a local commander.  Daesh militants mounted a surprise attack at dawn on Peshmerga forces stationed west of Sinjar using car-bombs, Lukman Ibrahim, a Peshmerga commander in Sinjar,...

Strong dollar fears set week’s tone for markets

(The Daily Star)- Here are the big talking points for markets as a new week beckons. Q: Are we set for another strong dollar scare? A: Three consecutive weekly losses have pulled the euro down to its lowest level since March, below $1.09. That leaves the dollar index just shy of 100, a...

Suicide car bomb rocks Somali capital

(The Daily Star)-  At least one person died and two others were injured in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday when a car exploded near a camp for displaced people, police said. "We believe it was a suicide car bomb. Its driver detonated the bomb in his car," police officer Ibrahim...

Iraqi Kurds say they captured town near Mosul

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq. An American official said Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, had told U.S. Defense...

US-led coalition denies carrying out deadly Iraq raid

(The Daily Star)- The U.S.-led coalition Sunday denied carrying out an airstrike that killed 15 women at a Shiite place of worship in northern Iraq this week. Russia pointed an accusatory finger at the coalition a day after Friday's incident, in which local officials said women at a shrine...